Presents Our Little Sister A film by Hirokazu Kore-eda (126 min., Japan, 2015) Language: Japanese Distribution Publicity Bonne Smith Star PR 1352 Dundas St. West Tel: 416-488-4436 Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M6J 1Y2 Fax: 416-488-8438 Tel: 416-516-9775 Fax: 416-516-0651 E-mail:
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[email protected] www.mongrelmedia.com @MongrelMedia MongrelMedia 1 OUR LITTLE SISTER Starring Sachi Koda HARUKA AYASE Yoshino Koda MASAMI NAGASAWA Chika Koda KAHO Suzu Asano SUZU HIROSE Filmmakers Directed/Written/Edited by HIROKAZU KORE-EDA Original Graphic Novel by AKIMI YOSHIDA “Umimachi Diary” Published by Shogakukan Inc. Chief Executive Producers TAKASHI ISHIHARA SHINICHIRO TSUDUKI MINAMI ICHIKAWA TOM YODA Executive Producers YASUSHI OGAWA MAKOTO OMURA TAICHI UEDA SATOMI ODAKE Producers KAORU MATSUZAKI HIJIRI TAGUCHI Associate Producer MEGUMI NISHIHARA Director of Photography MIKIYA TAKIMOTO Music YOKO KANNO Sound YUTAKA TSURUMAKI Production Designer KEIKO MITSUMATSU Lighting NORIKIYO FUJII SYNOPSIS “Our Little Sister”, directed by internationally acclaimed director Hirozaku Kore-eda, is adapted from Yoshida Akimi’s best-selling graphic novel “Umimachi Diary”. Three twenty-something sisters – Sachi, Yoshino and Chika – live together in a large old house in the seaside town of Kamakura. When they learn of their estranged father’s death, they decide to travel to the countryside for his funeral. There they meet their shy teenage half-sister Suzu for the first time and, bonding quickly, invite her to live with them. Suzu eagerly agrees, and begins a new life with her older sisters. Amidst the many and varied colors of Kamakura’s four seasons, the four sisters cause each other emotional anguish, and support each other through life’s trials, developing a very special bond in the process.